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 Hello friends, When you are moving to a new home, decluttering is crucial to get rid of everything you don’t want at your new home. It also helps reduce your packing and moving load. But what most people don’t know is that a lot of things we throw away end up in landfill. Therefore, you must discard everything responsibly and you can do so by donating personal and household items. Make sure the things are in good condition, legal and suitable for all ages. To know where to donate in Gold Coast, here is a list of places you must explore. Have a look. https://www.betterremovalistsgoldcoast.com.au/where-can-you-donate-in-gold-coast-furniture-clothes-more/

 Efforts to remove the controversial Yatala lights installation along the M1 motorway on the Gold Coast have been renewed just days after the lights were switched off to disrupt what police have called hoon driving. City of Gold Coast councillor Mark Hammel, whose division takes in the area, today moved a motion seeking the council "commence the removal of the Yatala lights installation" at a cost of $250,000. He received unanimous support from councillors on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/city-of-gold-coast-contentious-yatala-lights-hoon-driver-burnout/102093606

 The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has revealed draft electricity price increases of between 20 and 22 per cent over the coming financial year, while Victorian consumers can expect a 30 per cent price surge. However, the AER's chair, Clare Savage, said the default market offer for electricity would likely have risen between 40 to 50 per cent without government intervention to cap prices in the domestic gas and coal markets late last year.  "Since [the government] started talking about interventions in October last year, the prices seem to have stabilised in the last couple of months," she told RN Breakfast. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-15/australian-energy-regulator-default-market-offer/102094290

 Jenny Heath was a dental nurse until her builder partner Dylan convinced her to help him build their dream home together. "It is not what I thought I would do at all," she said. "I actually ended up loving it." She enjoyed the work so much she signed up for a carpentry certificate and in November, the couple finished construction of their five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Palm Beach on the Gold Coast. Beaming with pride, she said they built the house "from the ground up": Digging holes and pouring concrete; putting in the footings, frames and support beams; building the deck; putting on plasterboard and cladding; laying the flooring and installing the windows and doors. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-15/construction-and-building-industry-reports-rise-female-tradies/102067802

 Have you decided to shift homes to Gold Coast and are wondering what to do with your pool table? You can get professional help to move your table or use the tips given in an article I found online that was a big help to my friend when he was moving his huge pool table. It showed us how to take the table apart, wrap each piece, measure all the paths and how to load and unload the table without breaking the heavy slate pieces inside the table. Use these helpful tactics to move your slate pool table with ease. https://www.betterremovalistsgoldcoast.com.au/how-to-move-a-pool-table-without-breaking-the-slate/

 A 70-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to recklessly laundering more than $400,000 in an elaborate criminal scheme that ultimately targeted other lonely women. The Southport District Court heard Gold Coast woman Elizabeth Ruth Mak was "expertly manipulated" into helping an organised crime syndicate after meeting a man online. She was lonely and desperate for romance when she developed a relationship with a man named John Hill in 2017, the court was told. Although Mak had never met Hill, who said he lived overseas, she gave him her bank details. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/gold-coast-elderly-woman-launders-400k-in-romance-scam/102008820

 A group of teenage boys sit around a room, guided through a breathwork and mediation session, followed by an ice bath plunge.  It's not a fancy wellness retreat, rather, a not-for-profit charity built to help disengaged youths get back on track.  Steve*, 19, is part of the cohort, currently halfway through a 10-week program.  He said he grew up in care, but by the time he reached his teenage years, he fell into the wrong crowds, doing the wrong things. "I know to leave that life behind, there's nothing there," he said. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/ice-baths-meditation-help-troubled-youth-crime-everything-suarve/102010324